McNabb in the News (11/20/06)

Senior Principal Douglas McNabb has been quoted in an article in the The Freeport News which addresses Bahamian Keva Major and an extradition request by the United States:

Douglas McNabb, a lawyer from the United States who is currently working with two Bahamians facing extradition on drug-related charges, also disagrees that politics play a role in extradition. It is the law, and the law alone, he said, which dictates an extradition process. Any requesting country, whether the United States or The Bahamas, must establish probable cause to make an extradition request, he said.

At the same time, McNabb acknowledged that the "very broad interpretation of the U.S. criminal jurisdiction" allows the United States to easily indict individuals from foreign countries.

"They think they can go after anyone," McNabb said.
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According to U.S. attorney Douglas McNabb, getting competent legal representation is essential in extradition cases because the scope of the law is so narrow. "The overwhelming majority of lawyers....don't know anything about extradition law," McNabb said.

"An individual (facing extradition) has got to be well off and has to be smart enough to have (legal) counsel representation from both countries involved," McNabb added, indicating that because two countries are involved in an extradition, two different legal systems usually are, too.^[1]

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[1] Timothy Schwab, Extradition in Question, The Freeport News, Nov. 20, 2006.

McNabb in the News (11/22/06)

Senior Principal Douglas McNabb has been quoted in an article in the The Oregonian which addresses Jayant Patel and the announcement by Australian authorities that they will seek his extradition from the United States:

Extradition hearings are open to the public, and the process can take more than a year, said Douglas McNabb, an extradition lawyer in Washington, D.C.^[1]

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[1] Dan Colburn and Susan Goldsmith, Arrest of Patel Sought in Australia, The Oregonian, Nov. 22, 2006.